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33 Cards in this Set
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ADVERB
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A word that gives more information about "when, where, how or in" what circumstances something happens or to what degree something is true - e.g. "quickly, happily"
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AUXILIARY VERB
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a verb such as "be, have or do" used with a main verb to form tenses, negatives and questions
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COMPARITIVE
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an adjective/adverb that is used to compare people, things or actions - e.g. "slower, less important"
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CONJUGATE (to)
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an adjective/adverb that is used to compare people, things or actions - e.g. "slower, less important"
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CONTINUOUS TENSE
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a verb tense formed using "to be" and the "-ing" form of the main verb - e.g. "they're swimming" (present continuous), "he was eating" (past continuous)
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DIRECT OBJECT
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A noun or pronoun used with verbs to show who or what is acted on by the verb, e.g. he wrote a "letter"
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GERUND
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a verb form in english ending in "ing"
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IMPERATIVE
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a verb form used when giving orders or instructions - e.g. "Shut the door."
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IMPERFECT
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a verb tense used to talk about the past - e.g. "It was sunny", "I used to ..."
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INFINITIVE
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a verb form that DOES NOT have any endings added to it and doesn't relate to a tense - "to speak, to eat"
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INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVE
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A question word used witha noun - e.g. "what instruments, which shoes"
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INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN
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One of the words "Who, whose, whom, what and which" used instead of a noun.
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IRREGULAR VERB
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A verb whose forms do not follow a general pattern.
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PASSIVE
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a verb form where the subject is the person/thing affected by the action - e.g. "we were told"
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PERFECT
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a verb form used to talk about what has or hasn't happened
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PERSONAL PRONOUN
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"I, you, they" - used to refer to you, the people you are talking to or the people/things you are talking about
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PLUPERFECT
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verb tense to describe somthing that "had" happened or "had" been true. Also called past perfect.
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PREPOSITION
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word such as "as, at, for, with, into, from" usually followed by a noun/pronoun/gerund.
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PRETERITE
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verb form used to talk about actions that were completed in the past.
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PRONOUN
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a word used instead of a noun - e.g. "it, you, none"
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PROPER NOUN
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name of a person/place/thing. Always starts with a capital letter.
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REFLEXIVE PRONOUN
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a word ending in -self or -selves (myself/themselves) which refers back to the subject
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REFLEXIVE VERB
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a verb wher the subject and object are the same, and where the action 'reflects back' on the subject.
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REGULAR VERB
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a verb whose forms follow a general pattern or the normal rules
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RELATIVE PRONOUN
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a word such as "that, who or which" when it is used to link two parts of a sentence together.
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SIMPLE TENSE
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a verb tense in which the verb form is made up of one word from "to have" and a past participle or "to be" and a gerund - e.g. "She Plays"
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SUBJECT
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a noun/pronoun that refers to the person/thing doing the action or being in the state described by the verb.
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SUBJECT PRONOUN
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a word such as "I, he, she, they" which carries out the action described by the verb.
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SUBJUNCTIVE
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a verb form used to indicate feeling, show doubt about wheter something will happen or is true. Only occasionally used in English.
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SUPERLATIVE
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an adjective/adverb with -est on the end or most or least in front of it used to compare people/actions/things.
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TENSE
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a verb form that shows wheter you are referring to the past, present or future.
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TRANSITIVE VERB
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a type of verb that takes a direct object - e.g. "to spend", "to raise"
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VERB
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a doing word which describes what someone/something does, is or what happens to them
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